Mustafizur grabs six as BD seal series
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DHAKA: Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman tore through the Indian batting line up once again to help Bangladesh seal the three-match One-day International series with a six-wicket win in Dhaka on Sunday.
Mustafizur picked up where he left off in the opening match, when he claimed 5-50, to grab 6-43 and help bowl India out for 200 runs, a target Bangladesh reached in just 38 overs.
The hosts were given a target of 200 runs in 47 overs based on the Duckworth/Lewis method after rain interrupted play for more than an hour towards the end of India’s innings.
Bangladesh faced little problem to reach that figure thanks to Shakib Al Hasan’s second successive 50, along with cameos from Litton Das (36), Soumya Sarkar (34) and Mushfiqur Rahman (31).
Sabbir Rahman (22 not out) steered Axar Patel to third man for the winning run with Shakib unbeaten on 51 at the other end, having smashed five fours in a 62-ball innings.
The win, which followed Thursday’s 79-run success, all but confirmed Bangladesh’s place in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in England after they cemented the seventh position in the ODI rankings.
Hosts England, plus seven top-ranked one-day sides will progress to the tournament.
Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan scored 53 runs while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni chipped in with 47 as India toiled hard against some fine Bangladesh bowling in a bid to stay alive in the series.
Electing to bat first after Dhoni won the toss, India suffered its first blow on just the second ball when Rohit Sharma was caught at cover by Sabbir Rahman off Mustafizur.
Dhawan and Virat Kohli steadied the innings with a 74-run second wicket stand before Bangladesh struck again through occasional off-break bowler Nasir Hossain.
Nasir, who claimed 2-33, trapped Kohli leg before for 23 and then had Dhawan caught behind soon after the opener completed his fifty.
Ambati Rayudu, one of the three changes India made for the game, followed Dhawan without scoring to leave the visitors struggling at 4-110.
Dhoni, who promoted himself at number four, put on a 53-run partnership in the fifth wicket with Suresh Raina, but Mustafizur returned in his second spell to dismiss Raina for 34 to break the stand.
Dhoni, dropped by wicketkeeper Das on 21, later succumbed to the pressure, spooning a catch off Mustafizur to Nasir at short cover.
Mustafizur created a chance of a hat-trick, trapping Axar Patel leg before off the next ball.
While Ravichandran Ashwin survived the hat-trick ball, he soon became Mustafizur’s fifth victim, edging a catch behind the stumps.
Mustafizur bowled Jadeja off his final delivery after the rain break and Rubel ended India’s innings two balls later to finish with 2-26. The third and final ODI will be held at same venue on June 24.
Scoreboard
INDIA:
R.G. Sharma c Sabbir b Mustafizur 0
S. Dhawan c Das b Nasir 53
V. Kohli lbw b Nasir 23
M.S. Dhoni c Sarkar b Mustafizur 47
A.T. Rayudu c Nasir b Rubel 0
S.K. Raina c Das b Mustafizur 34
R.A. Jadeja b Mustafizur 19
A.R. Patel lbw b Mustafizur 0
R. Ashwin c Das b Mustafizur 4
B. Kumar c Das b Rubel 3
D.S. Kulkarni not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-6, W-8, NB-1) 15
TOTAL (all out, 45 overs) 200
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-74, 3-109,
4-110, 5-163, 6-174, 7-174, 8-184, 9-196.
BOWLING: Mustafizur Rahman 10-0-43-6 (4w); Taskin Ahmed 4-0-24-0 (1nb, 3w); Mashrafe Mortaza 7-0-35-0 (1w); Nasir Hossain 10-0-33-2; Rubel Hossain 7-0-26-2; Shakib Al Hasan 7-0-33-0.
BANGLADESH (revised target 200 in 47 overs):
Tamim Iqbal c Dhawan b Kulkarni 13
Soumya Sarkar lbw b Ashwin 34
Litton Das c Dhoni b Patel 36
Mushfiqur Rahim run out 31
Shakib Al Hasan not out 51
Sabbir Rahman not out 22
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-9) 13
TOTAL (for four wkts, 38 overs) 200
FALL OF WKTS: 1-34, 2-86, 3-98, 4-152.
DID NOT BAT: Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.
Bowling: Kumar 5-0-32-0 (2w); Kulkarni 7-0-42-1 (4w); Ashwin 10-2-32-1 (1w); Jadeja 7-0-28-0 (1w); Patel 7-0-48-1; Raina 2-0-14-0.
RESULT: Bangladesh won by six wickets (D/L Method).
UMPIRES: Sharfuddoula Saikat (Bangladesh) and R.J. Tucker (Australia).
TV UMPIRE: Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh).
MATCH REFEREE: Andrew Pycroft (Zimbabwe).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Mustafizur Rahman.
FIRST MATCH: Bangladesh won by 79 runs.
THIRD MATCH: Dhaka (D/N), Wednesday.
Published in Dawn, June 22nd, 2015
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